The U.S. State Department said on the 19th that the U.S. will update its travel alert based on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) health alert starting this week. It will include 80% of countries in the highest level of level 4 “Do Not Travel” (Do Not Travel).
The State Department classifies global travel safety into four levels: Level 1 is the safest “exercise routine precautions,” Level 2 is “be vigilant,” Level 3 advises people to “think twice before you travel. “Level 4 is the most serious “Do Not Go”. Of the more than 200 countries worldwide, Taiwan is currently at Level 1, China, Canada, Mexico and European countries are at Level 3, and 34 countries, including Chad, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina, Russia and Indonesia, are at the highest level of Level 4 alert.
In a media briefing, the State Department noted, “The new crown outbreak continues to pose an unprecedented risk to travelers, and in light of these risks, the State Department strongly recommends that U.S. citizens reconsider all travel abroad.”
According to the latest statistics from Hopkins University, 32.11 million people have been diagnosed with New Crown pneumonia across the United States and more than 570,000 have died; approximately 140 million people have been diagnosed worldwide and more than 3 million have died. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said recently that the number of confirmed cases is still surging, especially among the unvaccinated; U.S. citizens who have completed vaccination can travel domestically with a low risk of infection, but are discouraged from traveling abroad. the CDC states on its travel guide page. “International travel poses an additional risk of infection and transmission of new coronavirus variants, even for fully vaccinated travelers.” The CDC recommends “postponing international travel until you are fully vaccinated.”
In contrast, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with CBS that France will loosen international travel restrictions with the U.S. and other non-European countries starting next month, and that French officials are planning to allow French, European and U.S. citizens who have completed vaccinations to travel freely until this summer.
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